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UNITED STATES: white metal medal, 1892, Brilliant UNC

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UNITED STATES: white metal medal, 1892, Brilliant UNC
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UNITED STATES: white metal medal, 1892, 65mm, World's Columbian Exposition by George Ludwig Friedrich Schmahlfeld, and struck by Vilhelm Christesen in Copenhagen, Denmark; CHICAGO 21 OCTOBR 1892 / GUANAHANI 12 OCTOBR 1492, Christopher Columbus, facing left, on board ship, holding tiller with left hand; right hand holding hand of female figure, draped, pointing with right hand; above, star // ESPOSIZIONE UNIVERSALE / CHICAGO 1893 / IN MEMORIA DELL' ILLUSTRE / NAVIGATORE / CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, eagle facing, with head left, wings outstretched; below, inscription and exhibition building, with H. OLRIK INV.; F. SCHMAHLFELD FEC.; V. CHRISTESEN in lower margin, in original shell case of issue, brilliant luster, the finest example of this medal we have encountered! Brilliant UNC. Guanahani is the original name of the Caribbean island where Columbus landed, renamed San Salvador by him.